Telegram-herald., 1887-05-22

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iala,iss.y greater iaIary "a eseis Law
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lsg.al1sofs a. i.ansiag i4st is ceeis lHss
as much g. ioAa aud unload a car Ehieh =
moved olly one ulls ss i does ore taAl
- drasn 8 thogsA..d niles.
NssLFs misckisvous bll reocclng
passsrgs- fares y tsc ceBts. has already
rzsassl tas uogss. Ths msssufs hsd 20
origin ia The sane sort q tear which IL
splrsd Via lasrCdael.on of the iuler-sla'c
ComusTos eeE Inc effect. 4 y BE-
comes las. will b, a. we have sai3
basore, 20 cripple tins railroad seggice 10
tas iecaniiss which already hayo the
poorest ssrvicc. Passenger trans Ia
poor and spagssly settled sections VII
scaresiy pay expenses nov. To reaace
shs fare means simply 70 reduce tne aum-
Der ~ trsias, snd the character % The
service generally, and that The men
who uos npd employment o. some ot
the ia az, vii osihrowa oat oi work. An
other sifscs viii be 20 prevent the running
oseLsap szeuraion trains duEiug The resort
sas8on. At present, tho average rate of
psssslgss Fare for ttsyas D. about tRo
auI sour-tsn,hs cents per mile b obaEg-
iug lhres CENTS psr I.le regularly, the
smzllsr roads earn enough 20 enable
thesa TO grant considerably reduced rates
on excursions, which AFFORD very desir-
obls 9poriualties for people OF limited
means % enjoy little recreation by
travel ubioh they wo5l3 not be able TO
take II al, il It ware DO, for ihs ehssp
rates.
While ihsre arc abuses in the ms..egs-
man. % ths railroads. their removal 10
sodiGculta problsm shat a1y legislation
Is likely to make nsttsfs woFse instead
of letter. The Iatsr-Stats Commerce
act has unse..lsd business sufficiently
alreadT: we want no moro long-snd-short-
haul legislation, nor any mo-e fooiiug
win the transportation business D. men
Who know nothing about the businses,
but only went % 90 some,hilg "agin the
roads" n any one o. the msaouges winch
have Lsen presented Al L.nsing
IL 20 Ia enacted, i. ohouiI Do
that proposed by Senator W. J.
BAEoOCK. OF Bsrrien county. pso7idinG
Cor grading OF rates according 10 tho
earnings q The roeds. This r1sssure ia
open to the obisction that in the case OK
competing rosds the road earning lsest
must safTer reduction equal to that inn
posed on the one earning most. Aside
from this, the BAICoCK bill Is not bad
Iaeasure. We trust that there will at
lssst - wisdom enough found in the
senate Railroad Committee 10 sn0sti-
.u,s the BABcocE bill for the MANLY bill
~her that committee makes its report.